miztli

Classical Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /mistɬi/

Noun

miztli (plural mīmiztin)

1. Puma/cougar/mountain lion (Puma concolor).
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r.

     Leon animal. miztli.

   • c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r

     camo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohua

     (Countless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.)

Derived terms

cihuamiztli mizconetl

miztepiton mizton

miztontli

References

• 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 237:
• 1997, Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón, Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page pp. 70–71:
• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page pp. 149–150: